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Today's Western animal-blessing traditions originated from Italy and are associated with St. Anthony of Abad, patron saint of the animal kingdom. These ceremonies are performed in England, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, and Mexico. Blessings of the feast day occurs on the Sunday closest to January 17, which was the date of St. Anthony's physical death but observed as his birth date in heaven. Give thanks and show gratitude to household pets and farm animals with an improvised ceremony at home or ...
According to vedic astrology, if the Moon is not placed positively in a person's birth chart, it is called Chandra Dosha. The Moon's mantra, a mystical Sanskrit chant, "Om Som Somaye Namah Om," can be recited 108 times daily in order to appease the Moon's negative influences. To enhance the effect, Hindu wise men and vedic astrologers have long recommended donating white clothes, white sugar, and tumbled moonstones to charity. The Moon, the presiding deity for the element water, ...
Nothing like getting a "jump" on bringing abundance for 2010! If you have a nearby store that carries Feng Shui items, obtain a frog with a coin in his mouth and a mobile with images of at least two fish (six and eight fish would also work well). Light a red candle in a bowl of water (symbolizing prosperity) and bless the frog and fish mobile in any way that feels right to you. When you're finished, point the frog at your front door (his job is to bring opportunities for money into the house), ...
Today is Nameless Day, the day on the Celtic Lunar calendar that is not assigned to a month. It is the perfect time to travel to what the Celts call, "betwixt and between." Create sacred space in your usual way. Light sandalwood incense for inspiration and magic and go into a meditative state. Find yourself standing on the shoreline of a vast body of water. It is twilight, between day and night. The rhythm of the wave lulls you deeper. You see creatures of the water frolic in the deep waves. ...
